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  • THE TONGUE SET FREE
    THE TONGUE SET FREE
    ELIAS CANETTI
    BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: LITERARY. The Tongue Set Free is so beautifully written. It begins wtih an extraordinary image, Canetti's earliest memory. He comes out of a room. A man makes him stick out his tongue; if he talks he will cut it off. Years later Canetti realises that this was his nursemaid's lover, frightening him into silence about their rendezvous. The idea of speak...
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  • ENIGMA
    ENIGMA
    RUNYX / RUNYX
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    12,50 €

  • FIVE TUESDAYS IN WINTER
    FIVE TUESDAYS IN WINTER
    LILY KING
    'Moved me, inspired me, thrilled me. It filled up every chamber of my heart' - Ann Patchett 'Masterful, surprising, and satisfying' - Madeline Miller The stunning short story collection from the bestselling author of Writers & Lovers and Euphoria A reclusive bookseller begins to feel the discomfort of love again. A widow whisks her daughter away for a holiday she can barely a...
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    12,50 €

  • GNABRY
    GNABRY
    HARRY CONINX
    At the age of ten, Serge Gnabry was wanted by some of the biggest football clubs in the world. His route to superstardom looked clear. But after struggling to break into first teams, potentially career-ending injuries and an infamously disastrous loan spell, Serge had to fight to become Bayern Munich's deadliest weapon and Germany's brightest light. Follow him on his extraordin...
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    7,95 €

  • HOUSE OF DAY, HOUSE OF NIGHT
    HOUSE OF DAY, HOUSE OF NIGHT
    OLGA TOKARCZUK
    A woman settles in a remote Polish village. It has few inhabitants, but it teems with the stories of its living and its dead. There's the drunk Marek Marek, who discovers that he shares his body with a bird, and Franz Frost, whose nightmares come to him from a newly discovered planet. There's the man whose death - with one leg on the Polish side, one on the Czech - was an inter...
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    18,75 €

  • THE NEW YORK TRILOGY
    THE NEW YORK TRILOGY
    PAUL AUSTER
    Paul Auster's three stories explore the nature of identity. He uses the detective, spy and friendship genres as vehicles to delve into the relationships between different groups of people. ...
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  • THE WAR IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA, 700-1600
    THE WAR IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA, 700-1600
    FRANCISCO GARCÍA FITZ / JOÃO GOUVEIA MONTEIRO
    War in the Iberian Peninsula, 700-1600 is a panoramic synthesis of the Iberian Peninsula including the kingdoms of Leon and Castile, Aragon, Portugal, Navarra, al-Andalus and Granada. It offers an extensive chronology, covering the entire medieval period and extending through to the sixteenth century, allowing for a very broad perspective of Iberian history which displays the f...
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    52,50 €

  • JUST FOR THE SUMMER
    JUST FOR THE SUMMER
    ABBY JIMENEZ
    Praise for Abby Jimenez: 'Literally the best book I ever read' ? ? ? ? ? 'This author has blown me away before but this book . . . I can't even. I will need some serious time to recover. It was everything and more' ? ? ? ? ? 'OK, this is the best romance I've ever read. I loved everything about it' ? ? ? ? ? 'This book deserves all the stars in the universe' ? ? ? ? ? 'Thi...
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    13,75 €

  • SEXING THE CHERRY
    SEXING THE CHERRY
    JEANETTE WINTERSON
    Sexing the Cherry celebrates the power of the imagination as it playfully juggles with our perception of history and reality. It is a story about love and sex; lies and truths; and twelve dancing princesses who lived happily ever after, but not with their husbands. With a new introduction by the author 'A book of innocence and bawdiness, fury and joy...needs to be read and re-r...
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    12,50 €

  • THE GREEK HISTORIES
    THE GREEK HISTORIES
    MARY LEFKOWITZ / JAMES ROMM
    From the leading scholars behind The Greek Plays, a collection of the best translations of the foremost Greek historians, presenting a sweeping history of ancient Greece as recorded by its first chroniclers"Just the thing to remind us that human history, though lamentably a work in progress, is always something we can understand better."—Sarah Ruden, translator of The Gospels a...
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    23,75 €

  • SIX TRAGEDIES
    SIX TRAGEDIES
    LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA
    Here is a lively, readable, and accurate verse translation of the six best plays by one of the most influential of all classical Latin writers--the only tragic playwright from ancient Rome whose work survives. Tutor to the emperor Nero, Seneca lived through uncertain, oppressive, and violent times, and his dramas depict the extremes of human behavior. Rape, suicide, child-murde...
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    13,75 €

  • FUNNY STORY
    FUNNY STORY
    EMILY HENRY
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · A shimmering, joyful novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2024Named a Must-Read Book of 2024 by TIME · NPR · ELLE · Parade · Woman's World and more! Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blus...
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    14,50 €

  • THE SUNBEARER TRIALS
    THE SUNBEARER TRIALS
    AIDEN THOMAS
    Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the highest of stakes, in this electric new Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomas, the New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys. "Only the most powerful and honorable semidioses get chosen. I'm just a Jade. I'm not a real hero." As each new decade begins, the Sun's power...
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  • JUJUTSU KAISEN, VOL. 8
    JUJUTSU KAISEN, VOL. 8
    GEGE AKUTAMI
    To gain the power he needs to save his friend from a cursed spirit, Yuji Itadori swallows a piece of a demon, only to find himself caught in the midst of a horrific war of the supernatural!In a world where cursed spirits feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments of the legendary and feared demon Ryomen Sukuna have been lost and scattered about. Should any demon consume Sukuna's bo...
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    11,25 €

  • TAPAS
    TAPAS
    RYLAND PETERS & SMALL
    Bring an authentic taste of Spain to your table with this collection of more than 60 mouth-watering recipes for small plates to share.Traditionally served as a bar snack with a glass of sherry or a cold beer, tapas has become a firm favorite thanks to its wide variety and versatility. Whether you are serving an appetizer before a meal, enjoying some small bites with drinks, or ...
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    18,75 €

  • A LEOPARD-SKIN HAT
    A LEOPARD-SKIN HAT
    ANNE SERRE
    A Leopard-Skin Hat may be Anne Serre's most moving novel yet. A masterpiece of simplicity, emotion and elegance, it is the story of an intense friendship between the Narrator and his close childhood friend, Fanny, who suffers from profound psychological disorders. A series of short scenes paints the portrait of a strong-willed and tormented young woman battling many demons, an...
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    14,99 €

  • ON THE BLACK HILL
    ON THE BLACK HILL
    BRUCE CHATWIN
    On the Black Hill is an elegantly written tale of identical twin brothers who grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home. They till the rough soil and sleep in the same bed, touched only occasionally by the advances of the twentieth century. In depicting the lives of Benjamin and Lewis and their interactions with their small local community Chatwin comments movingly ...
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  • THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA
    THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA
    T. J. KLUNE
    'I loved it. It is like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket. Simply perfect' - V. E. Schwab, Sunday Times bestselling author of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil A cosy, enchanting story about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place. The House in the Cerulean Sea is an uplifting, heart-warming queer fantasy from TJ Klune, a Sunday T...
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    13,75 €

  • THE VIRGIN SUICIDES
    THE VIRGIN SUICIDES
    JEFFREY EUGENIDES
    "These pocket-sized titles are stunning....They make the perfect stocking stuffers!" - Metro"Bought together or separately, these fiction titles are ideal stocking stuffers for the literature lover." - USA TodayThe national bestseller from Jeffrey Eugenides, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Middlesex and The Marriage Plot. Adapted into a critically acclaimed film by Sofia C...
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    12,50 €

  • THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE
    THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE
    BETTY FRIEDAN
    When Betty Friedan produced The Feminine Mystiquein 1963, she could not have realized how the discovery and debate of her contemporaries' general malaise would shake up society. Victims of a false belief system, these women were following strict social convention by loyally conforming to the pretty image of the magazines, and found themselves forced to seek meaning in their liv...
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  • ROY OF THE ROVERS
    ROY OF THE ROVERS
    ROB WILLIAMS
    "Roy of the ... Galacticos? Thanks to a mighty team effort, Melchester Rovers have reached the dizzy heights of League One. For Roy Race however, the final had a bittersweet taste to it - both he and Paco Diaz have been transferred to Melchester Rover's bitter rivals, Premiership champions, Tynecaster. As Roy tries to adjust to a new footballing life at the Tayir Stadium, Melch...
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  • EMPIRE OF THE SUN
    EMPIRE OF THE SUN
    J. G. BALLARD
    Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come.. ...
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    12,50 €

  • BLACK GIRL, NO MAGIC
    BLACK GIRL, NO MAGIC
    KIMBERLY MCINTOSH
    'This book is a glowing achievement by one of the best essayists of her generation' Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff 'Witty, fresh and full of life' Liv Little 'I can't recommend more highly... it's one of those books that I just want to press in the hands of everybody' Damian Barr, Literary Salon Podcast -------------------------------------------- Kimberly McIntosh has lived...
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  • A WITCH'S GUIDE TO MAGICAL INNKEEPING
    A WITCH'S GUIDE TO MAGICAL INNKEEPING
    SANGU MANDANNA
    AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! • A whimsical and heartwarming novel about a witch who has a second chance to get her magical powers—and her life—back on track, from the national bestselling author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches.Sera Swan used to be one of the most powerful witches in Britain. Then she resurrected her great-aunt Jasmine from the (very rec...
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    21,75 €

  • NEXT OF KIN
    NEXT OF KIN
    HANNAH BONAM-YOUNG
    "When people-pleasing Chloe learns that her birth mother has unexpectedly had another baby, she doesn't hesitate to become a next-of-kin guardian. But when she fails to pass Child Protective Services' financial evaluation, she is faced with a see her baby sister placed in foster care or participate in CPS's new initiative, where two prospective guardians join households to qual...
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    12,50 €

  • THE CULTURE ADVANTAGE
    THE CULTURE ADVANTAGE
    DANIEL STRODE
    Innovation is the key to making your business go the distance. Innovate or die they say. But where does innovation lie? The answer is in your people. Far from being the privilege of the unicorns of Silicon Valley, innovation isn't dependent on business model, structure or even budget. By harnessing your people's power through a corporate culture of innovation, you unlock busine...
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    24,99 €

  • SAGA VOLUME 2
    SAGA VOLUME 2
    BRIAN K VAUGHAN
    The smash-hit ongoing epic continues! Thanks to her star-crossed parents Marko and Alana, newborn baby Hazel has already survived lethal assassins, rampaging armies, and alien monstrosities, but in the cold vastness of outer space, the little girl encounters something truly frightening: her grandparents! Named one of Time Magazine's top 10 graphic novels for 2013 ...
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  • DESIRE AT DAWN
    DESIRE AT DAWN
    FIONA ZEDDE
    Recently turned from human to vampire, Kylie wants nothing to do with her new life or with the clan that claims her. She certainly wants nothing to do with her mother, Belle, who is completely infatuated with her vampire wife and clan leader. To escape her unwanted existence, Kylie befriends a human, Olivia, who has been abandoned by her family. But unknown to Kylie, someone is...
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  • LOST IN TRANSLATION
    LOST IN TRANSLATION
    CHARLIE CROKER
    Spoken by over 700 million jabbering individuals, the English language has travelled to all corners of the globe - unfortunately, some of it has got a bit muddled along the way ...Lost in Translation: Misadventures in English Abroad affectionately demonstrates the very best - and worst - instances of genuine grammar-gargling from around the world, discovered by the author and h...
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    9,99 €

  • THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN
    THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN
    MITCH ALBOM
    Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in the toil of his father before him, fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. Then he dies in a tragic accident, trying to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakens in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a lush Garden of Eden, but a place where your earthly life is explained to you by five people who wer...
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